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Format: Commander

Commander: Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This Dimir control deck uses Xanathar, Guild Kingpin to pilot an asymmetric theft and Lantern Control strategy. By establishing mana rocks and defensive interaction in the early turns, the deck deploys Xanathar by Turn 5 and begins stripping opponents' libraries on Turn 6. Supported by topdeck manipulation tools like Lantern of Insight and Codex Shredder, Xanathar silences targeted opponents during your turn while casting their best spells with colored mana fixing. The deck supplements its commander with redundant theft engines such as Brainstealer Dragon, Elder Brain, and Tasha, the Witch Queen, turning opposing resources into win conditions while draining life totals and amassing Demon tokens. A dense suite of low-cost counterspells, efficient removal, and tutorable protection equipment shields the engine from opposing disruption. Although lacking fast positive mana acceleration or infinite combos, the list excels at grinding out multiplayer pods through sustained card advantage, asymmetric stax pieces like Narset, Parter of Veils, and overwhelming resource denial.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Brainstealer Dragon
  • 1 Bribery
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Codex Shredder
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonus, the Saboteur // Cyclonus, Cybertronian Fighter
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dream Harvest
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Echo, Perceptive Prodigy
  • 1 Elder Brain
  • 1 Evil Twin
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fractured Sanity
  • 1 Ghoulcaller's Bell
  • 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
  • 1 Gonti, Night Minister
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Inevitable Betrayal
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 1 Intellect Devourer
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Lantern of Insight
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Memory Lapse
  • 1 Memory Plunder
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nightveil Specter
  • 1 Paradox Haze
  • 1 Perplex
  • 1 Peter Parker's Camera
  • 1 Pox Plague
  • 1 Siphon Insight
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Tasha, the Witch Queen
  • 1 The Water Crystal
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thranduil's Decree
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Uncover the Moon-Letters
  • 1 Undercover Operative
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Xanathar, Guild Kingpin